Lihula

[1] In 1220, a Swedish army started constructing a castle here, but were defeated by Estonian forces on 8 August 1220, in the Battle of Lihula.

[2][3] In 1238, however, the bishop of Saare-Lääne (German: Ösel-Wiek) constructed a crusader fortress at the site, in cooperation with the Teutonic Order.

Despite the fact that the castle was destroyed during the Livonian War, a new manorial estate grew up right next to the original location thereafter.

[citation needed] For less than two weeks, Luhila had a monument honoring Estonian soldiers who fought in the Wehrmacht against the Soviet Union during World War II.

As of June 2007, it stands in the private Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom in Lagedi, near Tallinn.